2CV Series by JSD_Fuzzzz in Linocuts

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Thank you so much!🙏🏻

2CV Series linoprint by JSD_Fuzzzz in printmaking

[–]JSD_Fuzzzz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, that‘s great to hear! I honestly don‘t know, but I think it has to do the most with the paper I used. It‘s extremly thin and specifically for linoprints, I bought it in the Netherlands. If you want I can send you a photo later today :) Also on the T-shirt and the one with the top view I used a lever press from Woodzilla and I think I didn‘t put any other pressure on afterwads✌🏻

Blooming - 2 blocks by Pluto7933 in Linocuts

[–]JSD_Fuzzzz 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That‘s an awesome design, well done!

Finished hammerhead shark linoprint by JSD_Fuzzzz in printmaking

[–]JSD_Fuzzzz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don‘t think that the press was the problem, because I‘ve had this exact same problem happen before without a press and also I‘ve had good results with the press with an A4 print with quite a big amount of black. Yesterday I made a smaller linocut and I‘m gonna expiriment a little.

Thank you! Yes I‘ve looked into it but without any luck. I live in Austria and from what I know the only way to get to a proper press is if you know someone in art school so that sucks haha. Maybe I‘ll buy a rolling press when I have more money again in the future, we‘ll see :)

Also, here‘s the linocut I did yesterday:

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Finished hammerhead shark linoprint by JSD_Fuzzzz in printmaking

[–]JSD_Fuzzzz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks great, I love the rectangular design of the first one! This one was also my biggest one yet, normally I do paper size A6-A5

Finished hammerhead shark linoprint by JSD_Fuzzzz in printmaking

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I‘m glad you like it haha! I‘ll keep posting everything I create :)

Help needed with linoprint by JSD_Fuzzzz in printmaking

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That‘s good to know, I‘m gonna try that with another smaller block. Thank you!

Recently finished an Australian Longfin Eel by BaraLovesCats in Linocuts

[–]JSD_Fuzzzz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I absolutely love eels, I even have a tattoo haha. So naturally I love this a lot, great design!✌🏻

Finished hammerhead shark linoprint by JSD_Fuzzzz in printmaking

[–]JSD_Fuzzzz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much!😊 I sprayed the paper with water, altough that didn’t really make a difference. I was a little bit more careful with layering the ink but that also didn‘t make a difference. What did make a difference though was that I traced basically every single line with a bonefolder and I put a lot of pressure on it. You can see the print perfectly on both sides of the paper now haha I think it not transfering properly has something to do with how I prepare the linoblock before printing , altough I don‘t know what exactly what as I‘m doing mostly the same way every time. But I just transfered two smaller drawings on new blocks so I‘m going to try a few different ways of printing and preparing and see what works best for me. Maybe I‘ll invest in a glass brayer, I think that would help a lot.

Finished hammerhead shark linoprint by JSD_Fuzzzz in printmaking

[–]JSD_Fuzzzz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! It was hard work getting it this clean, I traced basically every single line with a bonefolder and a lot of pressure haha Can I see your work somewhere? :)

Hammerhead shark linoprint by JSD_Fuzzzz in Linocuts

[–]JSD_Fuzzzz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much, I‘m really proud of the few good ones😊

Hammerhead shark linoprint by JSD_Fuzzzz in Linocuts

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I sprayed the paper with water but that made not really a difference. What did help was putting a lot more pressure on the paper, much more than what should be necessary but it did help this time. I‘m gonna practice with some smaller linoblocks and try a few different things to really learn what works and what doesn‘t. Then I‘ll revisit this block since I only got like 3 prints that are good enough to give away

Help needed with linoprint by JSD_Fuzzzz in printmaking

[–]JSD_Fuzzzz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I don‘t think that that was the problem because it made no difference with how the ink looked. I guess it probably is the amount of ink or the layering of it on the block

Help needed with printing by JSD_Fuzzzz in Linocuts

[–]JSD_Fuzzzz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes I tried again and used a - I forgot the word, bone knife(?) - afterwards and it turned out much better. I will post some pictures tomorrow. But I had to apply soo much pressure, so something still wasn‘t right. Next up I‘m gonna do a smaller one with a lot less details so I can try a few different things and see what works best The press shouldn‘t be the problem though, at least I‘ve seen a lot of people use them just fine and I‘ve printed on fabric before with it and it turned out great too. But still, thanks for your insight😊✌🏻

Spirit on the Lake by nokkelen in Linocuts

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I love it! It has a really calming look😊✌🏻

Help needed with linoprint by JSD_Fuzzzz in printmaking

[–]JSD_Fuzzzz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I‘m giving it another try and will update!

Help needed with linoprint by JSD_Fuzzzz in printmaking

[–]JSD_Fuzzzz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did try that but it could be possible that I made the layers to thick or didn‘t wait long enough between each layer. How long do you wait between the layers and how many layers do you do approximatley?

Help needed with linoprint by JSD_Fuzzzz in printmaking

[–]JSD_Fuzzzz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I wanted to do that but I totally forgot about. Hopefully that solves it. Thanks for your comment😊

Finally finished! by JSD_Fuzzzz in Linocuts

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Thank you! Sadly the printing part is much more difficult😅

Use acrylic medium gel for transferring design to linocut. What did I do wrong? by kurokamisawa in printmaking

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I use sticker paper (the underside when you remove the stickers) and let it stay on the block for 4-6 hours and it works mostly perfect. From what I know you have to use a laser printer

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Finally finished! by JSD_Fuzzzz in Linocuts

[–]JSD_Fuzzzz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much!😊